eMissal vs Pray Board
Price, ratings, monetisation and update history for both apps, side by side — with what reviewers say about each.
eMissal
This app provides daily readings, prayers, and liturgical resources for Catholic worship. It features a dynamic Order of the Mass, a multi-year Missal, and guided prayer tools like the Rosary and A.I. Examen.
- Daily Mass readings and prayers
- Multi-year Missal access
- Rosary Guide
- AI-driven daily Examen
- Confession preparation tools
- Customizable Prayer Schedule
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Access the dynamic Order of the Mass with daily readings and prayers for full liturgical participation. The app updates automatically with specific readings, delivering a personalized worship experience. Explore the calendar feature for any liturgical day and benefit from a multi-year Missal for daily readings and prayers. The Rosary Guide offers structured meditation on the mysteries, while an A.I. driven daily Examen aids Catholic reflections. Additionally, Confession preparation tools help users reflect before the sacrament, and a customizable Prayer Schedule promotes a consistent prayer routine.
Pray Board
Organize your prayer life with personal and shared boards for intentions, gratitude, and scripture. Customize your experience with themes and journaling to reflect on your spiritual journey. Gentle reminders help you maintain a consistent prayer rhythm.
- Personalized prayer boards
- Shared prayer boards
- Customizable themes and fonts
- Prayer journaling
- Prayer reminders
- Verse randomizer
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Pray Board helps you build a daily rhythm of prayer — personal, shared, and beautifully your own. Create Pray Boards for the people, intentions, and scriptures closest to your heart. Organize what you're thankful for, what you're asking for yourself, what you're lifting up for others, and the verses keeping you grounded — all in one customizable space. FEATURES • Personal Pray Board organized by Thankful, Self, Others, and Verse • Shared boards to pray together with family, friends, or a small group • Customizable themes, colors, fonts, backgrounds, stickers and more • Journaling your prayer items so you can look back and see God's hand in your life • Notifications to gently remind you to return to prayer • Use Focus mode on each box as you move through your prayer to help you focus on those items • Verse Randomizer (when you have more than 7 verses) so you can get new favorite verses each day WHY PRAY BOARD Pray Board can help you organize your thoughts, prayers and reflections in one convenient, customizable space so that when you pray your mind is focusing on talking to and listening to God instead of jumping all over the place. PREMIUM SUBSCRIPTION Pray Board offers a free tier with core features, plus an optional Premium subscription for more boards, advanced customization, and shared boards with other members. • Free 7-day trial available for new subscribers • Subscription auto-renews unless canceled at least 24 hours before the end of the current period • Manage or cancel anytime in your Apple ID account settings • Payment will be charged to your Apple ID account at confirmation of purchase Privacy Policy: https://manpadev.com/prayboard/privacy Terms of Use: https://manpadev.com/prayboard/terms SUPPORT Questions, ideas, or feedback? We'd love to hear from you. Email: support@manpadev.com
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Verdict
The clearest difference is in-app purchases: eMissal at none against Pray Board's 2. Pray Board's advantage is update cadence (daily vs every 3 weeks). On price, rating, ratings volume and ads there is nothing between them.
Scored on Price · Rating · Positive reviews · Number of ratings · Update frequency · Ads · In-app purchases · Monetization · Best chart rank · Devices · Requires iOS
Both are free to download. Pray Board sells 2 in-app purchases, starting at $4.99 per month. eMissal asks for nothing beyond the download.
On the App Store both sit at effectively the same score — 5.0 for eMissal against 5.0 for Pray Board. Both are backed by a comparable volume of ratings — 2 and 1 respectively.
eMissal ships an update every 3 weeks, Pray Board daily. The most recent releases landed on October 30, 2026 and October 31, 2026 respectively.
| Parameter | eMissal | Pray Board |
|---|---|---|
| Price | Free | Free |
| Rating | 5.0 (2 ratings) | 5.0 (1 ratings) |
| Number of ratings | 2 — better | 1 |
| Update frequency | Every 3 weeks | Daily — better |
| Ads | No | No |
| In-app purchases | No — better | Yes |
| Monetization | Free — better | Freemium |
| Devices | iPhone, iPad, iPod | iPhone, iPad, iPod |
| Requires iOS | 15.6 | 15.1 — better |
| Further details — not scored | ||
| Size | 60 MB | 46 MB |
| Age rating | 4+ | 12+ |
| Developer | Christopher Parvin | Manpa Dev LLC |
Customer experience
eMissal
Pray Board
In-app purchases
eMissal
No in-app purchases
Pray Board
- Premium Monthly7 Days trial$4.991 Month
- Premium Yearly7 Days trial$39.991 Year









